Former OH Pension Board Official Sentenced to
Community Service

May 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former board
member of the Ohio State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS),
who was found guilty on two counts of ethics violations, was
sentenced to probation, and ordered to pay fines and do
community service.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that Hazel Sidaway, a
retired teacher, was sentenced to two years of probation,
fined $670, and ordered to pay $5,382 in court costs. In
addition, she was ordered to complete 200 hours of
community service to be divided between her former school
district in Canton and either a retirement home or senior
center, according to the Dispatch.

Sidaway, 62, apologized to Judge Carrie Glaeden of
Franklin County Municipal Court for accepting tickets to
a Cleveland Indians game in 2001 and the Broadway
production of “Hairspray” in 2003 while on the payroll of
the STRS. A jury convicted her of two misdemeanor
violations of state ethics laws on April 14 (See
Ohio Court Finds Former Pension Board
Official Guilty of Ethics Violations
).

Glaeden asked Sidaway to rethink that it was only on
two occasions that she let the system down, referring to
four other occasions she accepted gifts from companies
doing business with STRS.
The jury acquitted Sidaway of charges related to
those actions.